Dafei Jin

VPR Fellow, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

VPR Fellow, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Email
dfjin@nd.edu
Phone
+1 574-631-8891
Office
439 Nieuwland Science Hall

Biography

Dafei Jin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, and a Concurrent Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research lies at the intersection of quantum matter and quantum information. He pioneered the development of quantum information platforms based on electrons and atoms trapped on noble-gas quantum solids. He is a recipient of the 2021 Julian Schwinger Foundation Award for Physical Research, the 2024 Department of Energy Early Career Award, and the 2026 Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator Award.